DaGrin goes home Today

Friday, April 30, 2010
One week after his death in an
auto-crash, Oladapo Olaitan
Olanipekun, popularly known as
Dagrin, will be buried today at
Ebony Private Vault, Atan
Cemetry, Yaba, Lagos.
According a burial arrangement
signed by the late musician’s
family and friends, the
interment will be followed by a
short visitation with the family
at their Meiran, Lagos home. The
artiste was admitted into
Intensive Care of the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital
(LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos after
sustaining severe injuries from
the auto accident.
The artiste was said to have
rammed his car into a stationary
truck opposite Alakara Police
Station, Mushin leaving the rear
side of the car in ruins. The
unfortunate incident according
to police sources, occurred in the
early hours of Thursday, April 15
around 2.30am. Although the
musician was said to be
returning from a visit to a
friend’s house, another
conflicting information from
reliable sources revealed
otherwise.
The controversy
Sources close to the musician,
who would not want their
names in print, revealed that the
late musician was in fact,
returning from a club.
Unconfirmed reports by another
source revealed that two bottles
of Hennessy, an expensive spirit
was found in the wreckage of
the car. But the manager to the
late artiste, Tunde, disclosed that
the musician had merely visited
friends and a few relations late
into the night and suffered a
“minor accident.”
Both observers said the latter’s
views were aimed at down-
playing the impact of the
accident on the artiste. Others
also said that the artiste should
have been flown abroad for
further treatment when his
situation became critical. Dagrin
was first rushed to T & S
Hospital in Mushin from where
he was transferred to LUTH.
Legacies
Although his first album
entitled: Still on the Matter went
unnoticed, he only started
getting recognition on
collaboration songs such as Efi
Mile by YQ. This earned him an
enviable place among Yoruba-
speaking hip hop artistes such
as Lord of Ajasa and 9ice. With
the arrival of his second album
entitled: C.E.O meaning Chief
Executive Omoita which
comprises hits such as Pon Pon
Pon, it was clear to all that he
had come to stay.
He has equally succeeded in
removing the borders between
English and Yoruba-speaking
lyrists. A critic noted “his use of
Yoruba to rap and sing Hip-hop
is so alluring that those who
don’t speak the language are at
least seduced by his flow and
rhymes.